10-14-2011, 04:49 PM | #1 |
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New to Nook, couple questions
Hello everyone. I've been a Kobo customer for about six months or so but its many glitches and problems became too much for me, and I bought a refurbished Nook STR this week. I am very glad to see I can simply copy my Kobo books over, so I don't have to lose those. However, I have a couple questions that I can't figure out.
Is there any way to justify text on the Nook? The Kobo can do this now, as of a few weeks ago, and one thing that really bothered me about the original Kobo was its ugly formatted text with double-spacing in between lines, and the jagged right margins. Well now I've got some books on my Nook with jagged right margins and I can't figure out how to change them so all the type is justified. And for the life of me I can't figure out how to delete a book from the device. I downloaded a free preview that won't open (an error message pops up), and I want to delete it and download again but I'm not sure how without using Calibre. |
10-14-2011, 04:51 PM | #2 |
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Oh, also, is there any way to display the cover of the book I'm reading when in sleep mode? I really like that about the Kobo.
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10-15-2011, 05:52 AM | #3 | ||
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Tap on the screen when you're in the book, press 'Text' and edit accordingly.
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10-15-2011, 09:14 AM | #4 |
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Hm. Perhaps text justification is only available on official Nook books? I'm still reading my side-loaded Kobo books on it right now, haven't purchased anything off B&N yet. One of the books has justified text, but the other one has jagged right margins.
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10-15-2011, 10:21 AM | #5 |
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What if you turn the publishers default on? I never pay attention to that too much unless it is somthing that is really bugging me.
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10-15-2011, 03:00 PM | #6 |
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Yeah, either way the text is jagged. Now I guess it doesn't matter, because it was a short book and I just finished it, but in case I get any more books with jagged right margins I would like to know if it's possible to change it on the device.
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10-16-2011, 12:55 AM | #7 | |
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Usually I'm not too bothered by the format unless it is really glaring (i.e. single word in a new line). |
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10-16-2011, 06:52 AM | #8 |
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I am at work and don't have my Nook with me right now, but I'm pretty sure you can modify the alignment. I seem to remember having played around with it when I first got my STR.
And it's not limited to NOOKbooks, either. Virtually none of my ebooks are from B&N, but I can still align them. |
10-16-2011, 12:13 PM | #9 |
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So I guess the only way is to choose the appropriate alignment in Calibre pre-conversion. |
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10-16-2011, 02:36 PM | #11 |
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Depending on the book, it's possible that turning "Publisher Defaults" on and off might've turned justification off/on, I think. But that's about all I can think of.
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10-17-2011, 02:10 PM | #12 | |
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One thing I really like about the Nook is the way it breaks up words in order to justify the text better. You'll never see a word broken up on the Kobo, and it sometimes makes for text with huge spaces in between words. What I mean is when it looks like this:
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